easy cheesy cheap good

Recipe: Rice With Cheese



Published: February 20, 2008

Time: 30 minutes

Salt

1 1/2 to 2 cups parboiled short-grain brown rice (see recipe)

3 tablespoons butter

1/2 cup grated fontina or other good semisoft cheese

Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Freshly ground black pepper.

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and salt it as you would to cook pasta. Add rice and stir. When water returns to a boil, lower heat and simmer rice until tender but not mushy, about 15 minutes. Drain.

2. Put butter in a saucepan large enough to hold rice and turn heat to medium. When butter melts and just begins to turn brown, add rice and toss together. Stir in fontina, then a handful of Parmesan, along with salt and pepper. Serve, passing more Parmesan at the table.

Yield: 4 servings.